Corbett Maths
Drawing and Reading Box Plots
Box and whiskers have more to do with data than they do with cats! A video lesson describes how to plot, analyze, and compare box plots. Mathematicians first learn to create a box plot and then how to use information about the quartiles...
Mathed Up!
Stem and Leaf Diagrams
Order the data within a stem-and-leaf display. Pupils take data and create and ordered stem-and-leaf diagrams, including the key. Participants take their data and determine answers about the information. Class members then find...
Corbett Maths
Reading Stem and Leaf Diagrams
What are you growing in your math classroom? Scholars use a video lesson to learn how to read a stem and leaf diagram. The video instructor explains how to interpret the key and then explores how to find the range, mode, and median from...
Khan Academy
Box-and-Whisker Plots
Elucidating the concept of box-and-whisker plots, Sal explains not only how to generate the diagram but also how to read one. He uses several examples to help young mathematicians become familiar with the format and explains its...
Corbett Maths
Drawing Stem and Leaf Diagrams
Plant the seed and watch it grow! A video lesson teaches learners how to create a stem-and-leaf diagram from a set of data. The instructor discusses the purpose and advantages of organizing data with the diagrams.
Brightstorm
Introduction to Polar Coordinates - Concept
Learning polar coordinates does not require visiting the North Pole, though explaining igloos is much easier using polar coordinates. The lesson begins with a video explaining how to find coordinates on a spherical plane and how to...
Loyola University Chicago
Math Flix: Graphs: Scatter Plot Creating
This QuickTime movie provides an opportunity to create a graph that is a scatter plot. A pdf worksheet is available by clicking on the hyperlink at the bottom of the page. As you watch and listen to the teacher and student interact it...
Loyola University Chicago
Math Flix: Graphs: Scatter Plot Decoding
This QuickTime movie provides an opportunity to create a data table by analyzing a scatter plot. As you watch and listen to the teacher and student interact it helps clarify the thinking behind applying this concept.